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Bee on Aeonium Flowers In the neighborhood yesterday Join me at Douglas E. Welch Photography on Facebook and Follow Learn more about bees with these books ††† * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † […]

A Splash Of Purple Found on a walk around the neighborhood Join me at Douglas E. Welch Photography on Facebook and Follow Read more on this topic: Purple Hibiscus Purple Coneflower (Echinacea) Gomphrena ‘Pinball Purple’ via Instagram A Splash of Yellow Purple Explosion [Photo]

Part of a series of garden minutes from A Gardener’s Notebook Our recent rain (although we have had no more so far this year) kicked off the bubs in the garden. I noticed these first daffodils of 2018 daffodils just yesterday. Music: Clean Soul by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) under Creative Commons License Learn more […]

First Paperwhites 2018 After our recent, and first rain of the season, the Paperwhites have arisen and bloomed. and Follow * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library Read […]

Flowering Now: First Snowflakes (Leucojum) of 2018 Via Instagram Leucojum is a small genus of bulbous plants native to Eurasia belonging to the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.[2][3][4] As currently circumscribed, the genus includes only two known species,[1] most former species having been moved into the genus Acis. Both genera are known as snowflakes. Leucojum is a compound of Greek λευκος, leukos “white” and ἰόν, ion “violet”. The spelling Leucoium is also used. Other common names include snowbell, dewdrop, and St. Agnes’ flower. — Wikipedia.org More […]

Dunedin Daffodils Dunedin Botanic Garden, Dunedin, New Zealand and Follow Learn more about botanic gardens with these books † Learn more about New Zealand with these books * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available […]

Rose with Raindrops Dunedin Botanic Garden, Dunedin, New Zealand and Follow Available on these products and many more! Learn more about botanic gardens with these books † Learn more about New Zealand with these books * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from […]

A new concept and design for nesting boxes for your garden. They look rugged and easy to clean, 2 important factors with any birdhouse design. — Douglas I inherited an interest in birds from my father, whose family grew up next door to a bird expert. Ruth Thomas studied and banded birds and wrote, […]